By Eric Heinz The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Monday, March 25, decided that San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) operators committed two significant violations…
By Eric Heinz By admission, Southern California Edison (SCE) officials said they understand the mistakes they made related to training and are aiming for higher…
CEO Krishna Singh Says Broken Canister Ventilation Pins ‘Much Ado about Nothing,’ Cites Problems with Industry at Violations Hearing By Eric Heinz Krishna Singh, Ph.D.,…
By Eric Heinz The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Wednesday, Jan. 2 announced that it will host another webinar regarding the canisters that store spent…
By Eric Heinz On the online petition website Change.org, one effort has garnered almost 2,500 signatures as of Dec. 18 demanding Rep. Nancy Pelosi and…
By Eric Heinz The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) hosted a webinar on Thursday, Nov. 8, providing more details about the Aug. 3 canister incident at…
While power plant officials say canisters can withstand an18-foot drop, NRC said drop conditions are not analyzed in safety report By Eric Heinz The Nuclear…
By Eric Heinz Ray Lutz, the executive director of Citizens’ Oversight Projects, Inc., a watchdog group actively checking the policies and procedures of decommissioning and…
California Sen. Kamala Harris introduces bill, co-sponsors another By Eric Heinz Two bills related to decommissioning nuclear power plants that gained little to no traction…
Gary Headrick, San Clemente In January of 2012, one of the newly replaced steam generators at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station began leaking radiation…
Roger Johnson, San Clemente Many noticed that Edison’s language to trivialize the dangers of San Onofre, “accidents are extremely unlikely,” is exactly the same as…
By Eric Heinz In a June 4 press release from Southern California Edison, Thomas Palmisano, vice president of the SONGS decommissioning and chief nuclear officer, stated…
